rat
1. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse (Freq. 5)
• Derivationally related forms:
ratty
• Hypernyms:
rodent, gnawer
• Hyponyms:
pocket rat, brown rat, Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, black rat,
black rat, Rattus rattus, bandicoot rat, mole rat, jerboa rat,
rice rat, Oryzomys palustris
2. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
• Syn:
scab, strikebreaker, blackleg
• Derivationally related forms:
blackleg (for: blackleg), scab (for: scab)
• Hypernyms:
worker
3. one who reveals confidential information in return for money
• Syn:
informer, betrayer, squealer, blabber
• Derivationally related forms:
blab (for: blabber), blabber (for: blabber), squeal (for: squealer), betray (for: betrayer), inform (for: informer)
• Hypernyms:
informant, source
• Hyponyms:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool pigeon,
stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary, nark, copper's nark,
supergrass, grass
4. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a 'git'
• Syn:
rotter, dirty dog, skunk, stinker, stinkpot,
stinkpot, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag,
so-and-so, git
• Derivationally related forms:
bum (for: bum)
• Hypernyms:
unpleasant person, disagreeable person
5. a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
• Hypernyms:
pad
• Part Holonyms:
hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure, coif
1. desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
• Derivationally related forms:
ratter
• Hypernyms:
defect, desert
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. employ scabs or strike breakers in
• Derivationally related forms:
ratter
• Topics:
industry, manufacture
• Hypernyms:
hire, engage, employ
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. take the place of work of someone on strike
• Syn:
fink, scab, blackleg
• Derivationally related forms:
blackleg (for: blackleg), ratter, scab (for: scab)
• Hypernyms:
work, do work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
• Hypernyms:
pad, fill out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. catch rats, especially with dogs
• Derivationally related forms:
ratter
• Hypernyms:
capture, catch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
6. give away information about somebody
- He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
• Syn:
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, grass,
shit, shop, snitch, stag
• Derivationally related forms:
snitch (for: snitch), snitcher (for: snitch), shit (for: shit), ratter, ratting, betrayer (for: betray)
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
sell out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: stag)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: snitch)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shop)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shit)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: grass)
- Somebody ----s PP
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